Follow: www.soundcloud.com/mika-forsling mikaforslingmusic A little test witch synced LFO in different subdivisions. Vermona Perfourmer mkII Vermona DRM1 mkIII RE-201 Korg Stage echo OTO BAM Drums and chords sequenced by Ableton.
this is by far one of my favourite things my ears have ever heard. such amazing and emotionally deep use of a machine so magnificent calibrated to expressively capture such depths. is this track avail to download anywhere?
Fabulous set up and talent. I'm getting a perfourmer and DRM Mk3 and cant wait to add those incredible instruments to my set up. Question - have you tried any compressor/ gates post the Vermona's on the way into Ableton and do you add plug in FX in Live? Thanks
Mark Parker, thanks and nice with the perfourmer! Here comes the long explanation for my studio setup.. All my synths and drum machines goes to to a patchbay hooked up to my mixer. From there selected channels goes to my audio interface through the four mix groups (8tracks) of the mixer. I use the AUX sends of the mixer to feed hardware FXs(mainly reverbs and delays), that are recorded directly on separate tracks in Ableton (so none of the effects are going back to the mixer). Since all I/O in the studio are connected to patchbays I can easily chose if I want an hardware compressor after a sound source, as an FX insert on the mix busses, or as an external audio effect in Ableton. Normally I record all my sound sources dry and adding delay and reverbs (recorded on their own tracks in Ableton) and I do all further processing from the box (plugins, EQing, inserting hardware FXs and compressors etc). I don’t actually use that much compression on synths(if it’s not needed) but rather like to use a bus comp on drums and one on the complete mix. Hopes it all makes sense!
@@MikaForsling Sounds very much like I am doing it, except that right now i don't have a proper mixer, but instead 16 channels of AD that I am going in directly. Next thing I'd like to get will be either the Perfourmer, I really dig it's sound, or bespoke mixer. I am looking for a rack mixer cause my space is pretty limited. I saw that your mixer goes for a pretty penny used. Would you say it's worth its money and what makes it so expensive?
just bought a Perfournee for your sound and the one of @OORamusique . control with deluge . now god give me this incredible sound, this is even. record it on a revox B77 and I will keep it for the rest of my life.
Great work Mika! Question, is every note programmed in ableton or some of the notes are generated by perfourmer? If you ever have time would love to see you do a video on your workflow and how everything is mexhing together with ableton! :) Thanks, Roman
Thanks Roman! I would love to share my workflow but I’ll need to figure out a way how to practically do this. This piece have a progression of eight chords that are looped and sequenced by ableton. Every chord have four long notes that lasts until next chord are triggered(just like a pad). The fun starts when the perfourmer’s four LFOs modulates the different filter cutoffs with different subdivisions. Also changing the octaves for the four voices can make a development in the music. Hope this makes sense!
@@MikaForsling Thanks for the detailed description! I should be getting my perfourmer in mail in a few days so trying to get a head start :) By the way your music is beautiful with much soul! Glad I came a cross your channel while researching Perfourmer :)
Doing a sequence like this with an octatrack are working as good as in ableton. For me it just takes more time to program chords and complex stuff with the octatrack(if I’m not using an midi keyboard/controller) but I would still be able to do the same stuff. Exiting, it’s a nice combo!
this is so good! i'm very tempted to get a perfourmer since i i like the idea of being able to individual modulation for each note. also i have question for you: is it possible to use just the spring reverb independently from the delay on a re-201 space echo? i have just bought one (i was going to get a vermona retroverb lancet) but found re-201 in my city!
@@MikaForsling great! indeed thats what I'm referring to. although I also here a delay / echo on the perfourmer right? is that the space echo? or also bam? (thought bam was only reverb)
@@MikaForsling AWESOME! learned something again. already have OTO BAM, and ordered the Vermona Perfourmer a few weeks ago. looking forward to hearing them shine together!
Thank you! Yes, the Octatrack is a great sequencer for the perfourmer, but the reason I'm using Ableton are that I find it easier to work with longer sequences and chord progressions in the computer.
Ben Bassu the sub37 is beefier, so for heavy basses I prefer the sub, but for textures, chords, melodies and basses (as well) the perfourmer is just a great synth.
These are pretty opposite synths. There's not a lot of overlap between the two - the sub37 can do these big complicated modulation-heavy things, and the perfourmer kind of...well it makes complexity and movement in an incredibly simple, novel way. Both sound great though, you can't go wrong here IMO.
The vermona kick can be really punchy itself but there’s sure an compressor on the master (I can’t really remember what I did, haha..) Normally I try not to compress the kick to hard before the master comp!
Are you using any DAW, or are you mainly using hardware? With Abletons compressor and glue compressor you can get descent results. If I’m mixing in the box I’m using some different Waves plugins. My experience is that you get better results with plugins (in my case -emulating classic compressors) then with lo budget hardware compressors. If you only wanna run hardware, try out some different hardware compressors and listen what works for you!
random question, does this composition modulate in terms of key signature? seems there's 1 or 2 chords that are not in C major, so this chord progression is NOT diatonic, is that correct?
seems like there is a switch to c minor, at least? idk. i'm still learning theory, and actually asking cuz i'm setting up a non ableton/daw based sequencing setup using a crazy eurorack quantizer and trying to go for a similar vibe.
Hey Mika. You make beautiful music with Perfourmer. I’m curious what you use to sequence it? I’m about to purchase one and I’m trying to decide if I should get the CV option. All the best.
Nope, not if you’re used to tune analog synths or instruments. It’s like tuning a mono synth x4 times.. And it stays in tune nicely during times when I’m only using it in the studio..
DeStress, in this song it’s actually just a long chord progression that loops. The reason I’m mostly using Ableton as sequencer are that it’s easier to make longer sequences without any chaining..
Akashamitra thanks for the words! On the perfourmer I’m using a OTO BAM and on the drums it’s the spring reverb from a Roland re-201 and a Korg se-300 panned in stereo. There’s also some light bus compression going on..
@@MikaForsling Really nice sounds. Now you've got me looking at the bam as well as the perfourmer! :-) I have a big sky at the mo but it may be time for an upgrade. Keep up the good work sir.
What a wonderful piece of music! Thank you! What do the different subdivisions synced LFO's modulate? It sounds like the VCA/gate. I suppose it's LFO's on VCF's.
hi Mike, grear short track, really nice. Can you explain how you sequenced this? It sounds like you have 2x voices in unison and two others doing single notes
Nuclear Whale, thanks for your post! The sequence are just long chords playing from Ableton - one voice per tone (as you can hear in the start). Then the rhythmic stuff are created by letting the LFO’s control the individual filters for the four voices. The LFO’s are synced in different subdivisions from Abletons tempo. Hope it makes sense!
Juan A. Matos, if you turn on “LFO midi clock sync” you can sync them all separately to incoming midi tempo! Really nice to sync the LFOs in different subdivisions by setting the phase/speed differently on all four voices..
